Happy Birthday Nu-Nu!

I would like to wish a Happy B-day to my sis, Renu!

Here's a photo of her b-day dessert that consisted of a peanut butter crust (pb, confectionery sugar, butter), moose tracks ice cream, whipped cream and chocolate chips. This recipe was my fave back in college that Kate Early (formerly Gerber) used to make me every bday!

This is Zoe watching me prepare the dessert, hopeful that I'll drop some on the kitchen floor.

Here's the cute couple! (Renu & Bryan)

Just stop paying your morgage

If you want the truth about the bailout, read Peter Schiff's article.

It's good to be back in Virginia

After being in Florida for a few years, I got to experience why it is good to be back in Virginia. This past weekend I headed out on the trail with my Dad and one of his fellow co-workers. It was a great weekend: hiking over 20 miles on the iconic Appalachian Trail in peak Fall color over 3 days...and my dad and I got to see two bears. Here are two of my favorite photos.

From Shenandoah National Park - Appalachian Trail - Beahm's Gap to Compton Gap

From Shenandoah National Park - Appalachian Trail - Beahm's Gap to Compton Gap

The rest of the pictures.



The GPS track and pictures

Shenandoah National Park - Appalachian Trail (Beahms Gap to Compton Gap)

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One more reason not to use Babelfish...

This is a belated thanks to Sara-beth and Eric for their gift to Chase which they got in Japan. Being a translation minor and a lover of linguistics (yep, I'm a nerd), I found this onesie especially funny.

"Hug Hug Chu

The bee is a hard worker very much.
Such hard worker's bee is
called a worker bee."

Chase told me that even though he can't talk yet, he's pretty sure that's not English.

So what's Chase eating these days, you ask?

So feeding isn't quite as pleasurable as I would have hoped. (for Chase or for us)








My dad always made me eat Cream of Wheat growing up and I had the same reaction... bleh! (No offense dad.) This is the face I get after making silly sounds! So Sad!! (ok, so I guess Brian made the silly sounds. Otherwise you are wondering how my arm got so hairy)


But there's some redemption to this blog entry.

Look at those 2 teeth! This is the reaction I get every time I bend over to kiss Chase and tickle him with my hair.

He still prefers his feet to rice cereal any day!

Chase is 6 months!

We just celebrated Chase's 6 month birthday. Even though he cannot eat cake, I figured it was still worth celebrating. I made a cookie pie (topped with fruit). My parents, my sister and bro-in-law, and good friends Cristen and Johnny (and their kiddos) came.

Chase and his Crazy Aunty Nu-Nu

Mom and Dad

Chase and his daddy

Some 6 months stats:

• Physical achievements: Chase has his first teeth, enjoys climbing, and speaking in tongues (I mean babbling)
  
• Developmental achievements: enjoys trips to the zoo (watching Zoe the bulldog a.k.a "the beast behind the bars")
• Mental achievements: recognizes us and checks out the cute Latina girls in his "Baby Palabras" Book
• Spiritual achievements: Chase likes to put his hand in our plate when we pray ( I think he's gonna be a french fry stealer.)